Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-25
THE NEWS IN VERMONT.
MATTERS OF INTEREST IN OUR OWN
STATE.
Chittenden County.
WINOOSKI.


and save one dollar. .... Edward Blush,
formerly of Winooski but now of Chicago,
is in town spending a few days with his
brother...... w. H, II. Murray delivered
his famous lecture to a large audience at
Corporation Hall last Thursday evening.
......A. j. Stevens, who has been West
on tour looking over the jails, returned
last week Friday .... George q. f. Tobey
and family are visiting friends in Jay,
\. H......M Miss Addie Edwards has return
ed to Massachusetts, after spending a va
cation of three weeks with her friends ....
The poles for the electric lights are being
put in position, and it will not be over a
week before Winooski village will be light
ed by electricity. .....At the residence of
II. l.. Blush, last Friday, about 40 of his
friends spent very pleasant EVENING".
John j. Barnard has been confined to his
room at the Steven House about four
weeks, but is now on the gain. .... Hervey
5. Weston lost valuable horse last week,
and he has another one that will probably
die. ..... Miss Euola Greenleaf gave party
to her friends Saturday evening at her
home, and all present had an enjoyable
time. Miss Greenleaf is to join her father
at Decatur, Ala, which he intends to
make his home in the future e..... The
Listers are getting ready for an assault on
the tax payers .... Remember the school
meeting of district No. g, March 29th 1887,
at 1:3O O'Clock p. m
ESSEN JUNCTION..
Cora Tarbox came home from Montreal,
with her sister Eva, Friday noon, and her
friends were rejoced to see Eva so soon
recovered from such a serious operation
..... BERTHE, a little son of Frank Whit
comb, while trying to catch a ride on a
load of logs was caught in the sled in such
way as to fracture one of his legs mid
way between the knee and ankle -. Mr..
Crown from Montpelier who rented and
moved into Job Bates's hodse, is the third
man now living in our village who lost
leg during our last war-and there is one
empty sleeve
ST. GEORGE.
The reception given by Mr. and Mrs
Rollln Forbes on the evening of March
18th at the residence of Norman Isham,
ESD, was attended by upwards of 80
couples Bryant's orchestra furnished the
music, which kept the dancers busy until
O'Clock in he morning, after which time
the company departed for home, leaving
several beautiful and useful presents. Mr.
Forbes intends renting Mr.. I~ham's farm
...... Good farm hands command $22 per
month. ...... The venerable Uncle Amasa
lsham is quite poorly, having failed con
siderably in the past few weeks. ........
Sugar makers are Frightening up their
snow shoes ready for use, as that seems
the only way for them to get about in the
woods, on account of the great quantity of
snow.
sHELBURN
Mr.. George Wnterbottom, who has
been living on Mr. Proctor's farm in Bur
lrgton, has moved back to his place in
Shelburn. ..... Mrs +. f. Brando of
Hinesburgh is spending few days at her
home e......M Mr.. and Mrs. +. &. Degree are
the hppy parents of Il son.
JERICHO
The second town meeting came off Sat
urday TO elect their road commissioner,
those elected at the annual meeting have
resigned. .....T The Underhill Centre w. c..
T. [. met with the union in this village
at the residence of Miss a. l.. Marsh,
March %.
RICHMOND.
AS Mr.. and Mrs Andrew Barry were
driving toward Richmond village last
Thursday the sleigh struck stone and
threw Mrs Barry and her child out. Mrs
Barry had her wrist broken and face and
head badly bruised. She was taken up
insensihle and carried to Mrs. Henley's,
her mother. She is doing as well as could
be expected .....In Richmond in 1856
there were % births, 10 deaths and 8 mar
riages. ......The board of school directors
organized on the 2lst inst, making choice
of salmon Greene for chairman and elect
ing w. ID. Hall clerk. 1t is expected that
nearly all the teachers of last term will be
re-engaged.
wEsTFoRD.
The directors or the Union Cheese Fac
tory company have again secured the ser
vices of Il. Mahan for the coming season.
He is a very successful cheese maker and
never fails to produce a good article
The funeral of Mrs. Elmra Macomber
was attended Sunday BY a large assembly
of relatives and friends, at the residence
of her son, f, b. Macomber. She was 81
years old and was one of the only two re
naming pensioners OF the war of 1872 in
this town,....A little child belonging to
James Sweeny was buried on sunday,
and Mrs. George Hobart was buried on
Tuesday following Edgar Irish has
gone to Minneapolis with his brother-in.
law and sister, Enos Hill and wife OF
Morristown. 900. George w. Allen was ap
pointed assignee of the estate of William
+, Allen, insolvent debtor. On his resig
nation ). H. Macomber was appointed in
his stead.
JERICHO.
Editor A. ID. Bradford has gone to Bos
ton on short business trip. H. II.
Day has rented for three years the Dane
farm upon which he has been for the past
year. Jay Naramore has gone to
Bakersfield where he is to he employed in
the store of his uncle e...... Michael Boger
has sold his place TO A. NJ. Phelps of Will
liston for $3.50 Mr.. Bolger is expecting
thew Tinney has received an increase of
pension OF 81 a month. He now receives
Sl2 a month ......A small audience was In
attendance upon the lecture of the Rev.
A ID. Barber Friday evening The snb-
ject of the lecture, "A Representative
Woman and Her Work." had especial
reference to the life of Mrs. Emma VII
lard, the pioneer in establishing schools
solely for girls. The lecture was received
with close attention. ...At town meet
ing called by the selectmen, Tuesday, To
elect three street commissioners the fol
lowing were elected NJ. V. Mattmore, f.
S. Ransom and A. Is. Barney. A motion
to instruct the commissioners to erect
wire fence along the highways when in
in their Judgment it would be advan
taQeous was lost, it being the prevailing
opinion that the selectmen already had
the power to do so. A motion to limit the
wages of laborers on the highway WA
lost, the ma ajority thinking II better not to
hamper the commissioners. The audi
tors report for the village schools shows
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